Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top-ranking Democrat on Senate Judiciary Committee, will retire after 44 years in Congress.

After The New York Times reported the news Wednesday, Durbin quickly came out with the announcement with a Wednesday post on X.

“The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy,” he wrote, linking to a video. “I truly love the job of being a United States Senator. But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.

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